1. Developing Holistic Perspectives on Pentecostal Praxis Johan Mostert, D.Phil. Associate Professor of Community Psychology

2. 5 Profound Influences: 1.Andrea

3. 5 Profound Influences: 2.Need to understand the object of Evangelism: God’s people 3.Accepting a call to the AFM Welfare Department as Pastoral Counselor to the 200 children in the Children’s Home 4.The fall of apartheid and the response of the church 5.The AIDS pandemic in South Africa

6. Adults and children living with HIV as of end 2003 Total: 37.8 million Western Europe 580 000 North Africa & Middle East 480 000 Eastern Europe & Central Asia 1.3 million South & South-East Asia 6.5 million Oceania 32 000 North America 1.0 million Caribbean 430 000 Latin America 1.6 million East Asia 900 000 00003-E-6 – July 2004 Sub-Saharan Africa 25 million

9. Adults and children newly infected during 2003 Total: 4.8 million Western Europe 20 000 North Africa & Middle East 75 000 Eastern Europe & Central Asia 360 000 East Asia 200 000 South & South-East Asia 850 000 Oceania 5 000 North America 44 000 Caribbean 52 000 [26 000 – 140 000] Latin America 200 000 00003-E-9 – July 2004 Sub-Saharan Africa 3 million

10. Adult and child deaths from AIDS during 2003 Total: 2.9 million Western Europe 6 000 North Africa & Middle East 24 000 Eastern Europe & Central Asia 49 000 East Asia 44 000 South & South-East Asia 460 000 Oceania700 North America 16 000 Caribbean 35 000 Latin America 84 000 00003-E-10 – July 2004 Sub-Saharan Africa 2.2 million Last year 370,000 children died from AIDS- related illnesses in South Africa - 1013 per day

11. The youth are at greatest risk

13. From HospitalNow Mandla

14. “Missio Dei” Θ Ψ Δ

15. Θ Theos Factor ΨPsycho-Social Transformation ΔDoulos Principle

16. Our Development Agenda 1.Promoting the therapeutic implications of “Kingdom” 2.Developing a “doulos” mentality in the Church 3.Confronting the “powers of the air”, “forces of this darkness”

17. Our Development Agenda 1.Promoting the therapeutic implications of “Kingdom” 2.Developing a “doulos” mentality in the Church 3.Confronting the “powers of the air”, “forces of this darkness”

19. At the end of our journey, there was…

20. The local church is everywhere… In Africa…

21. In 1900: only 10 million Christians In 2000: 360 million Christians “The New Christendom” by Phillip Jenkins

22. In Africa… (Blacks in South Africa) In 1911: 26% were Christians In 1990: 76% were Christians “The New Christendom” by Phillip Jenkins

23. Ugandan Experience: First Lady Janet Museveni 20-30% infection rate down to 6-10% The Medical Institute for Sexual Health Conference in DC (June 2004)

24. Janet Museveni: “The message was simple…young people can avoid (death through AIDS) by completely abstaining from sexual activity until they are married; married people should stick only to their marriage partners and be faithful, and those who have risky lifestyles should use the condom to reduce the likelihood of infection…”

25. Dr. Edward Green –Harvard School of Public Health –President’s Advisory Council for HIV/AIDS –Author of “Rethinking AIDS Prevention: Learning from successes in developing countries” (2003)

26. Green (2004) says “Uganda provides strong evidence that…the low-cost ABC AIDS prevention program that emphasizes primary behavior change…dramatically impacted HIV prevalence”

27. Our Development Agenda 1.Promoting the therapeutic implications of “Kingdom” 2.Developing a “doulos” mentality in the Church 3.Confronting the “powers of the air”, “forces of this darkness”

28. Our Development Agenda 1.Promoting the therapeutic implications of “Kingdom” 2.Developing a “doulos” mentality in the Church 3.Confronting the “powers of the air”, “forces of this darkness”

29. Research on Evangelical Church Leaders in South Africa  To determine knowledge about and attitudes to AIDS  September 2002  N=525  54.8% response rate  Apostolic Faith Mission (a classical Pentecostal denomination)  Largest Evangelical church in Southern Africa

30. Findings: General knowledge on HIV/AIDS was very poor: Only a quarter (28%) got more than 70% of the “AIDS Knowledge” questions correct

31. Findings: Only 20.8% had devoted a church service to HIV/AIDS in the previous two months

32. Findings: Only 30.9% had visitation teams to the homes of PWA’s, and most of these were black churches

33. Findings: The Evangelical Church  Is generally unprepared to meet the challenge  Has inadequate knowledge  Looking toward Western church for spiritual direction

34. Our Development Agenda 1.Promoting the therapeutic implications of “Kingdom” 2.Developing a “doulos” mentality in the Church 3.Confronting the “powers of the air”, “forces of this darkness”

35. Our Development Agenda 1.Promoting the therapeutic implications of “Kingdom” 2.Developing a “doulos” mentality in the Church 3.Confronting the “powers of the air”, “forces of this darkness”

36. Giving a man a fish: Christian Poverty and Disaster Relief Work Teaching him how to fish: Development & Empowerment Strategies Addressing international fishing crises: Prophetic voice of the Church

37. Examples of “Structural Issues” Addressing International Trade and Debt Issues: “Jesus at G8” (Christianity Today, 07/06/05) Addressing Children’s Issues: child soldiers, child pornography, sex trafficking Addressing Government Abuses: abuse of power, personal enrichment, disregard for law, appropriation disparities Addressing Corporate Greed and Abuse

38. Dr. Marcia Angell Former Editor in Chief of The New England Journal of Medicine Senior Lecturer at Harvard Medical School “The Truth About Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It” (2004). Random House.

39. Dr. Marcia Angell Fortune 500 Companies 2003 Mean profit = 4.6% Drug companies = 14.3% Bristol-Myers Squibb CEO $74,890,918 plus $76,095,611 in stock options Wyeth Chairman made $40,521,011 plus $40,629,459 in stock options

40. Our Development Agenda 1.Promoting the therapeutic implications of “Kingdom” 2.Developing a “doulos” mentality in the Church 3.Confronting the “powers of the air”, “forces of this darkness”